title: Children and war.
abstract: Neither scientific analysis nor warmhearted concern are adequate to provide a practical understanding of how wars affect children. Without rejecting either approach, however, the author shows how a balanced idea of the problem can be formed. Drawing on his knowledge as a neuropsychiatrist and his experience as a child in wartime, he reviews the causes and effects of the sufferings involved, and makes some suggestions for a practical response.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, Montrouge, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomkiewicz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D014857:Warfare